Ocean Breeze Color

#d3e5eb

Ocean Breeze is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, yellow green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #2c1a14
Complementary Color #ead9d3
Color Shade: mid cyan (195° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 87.45% (better contrasting with black)
Ocean Breeze Color Sample
Ocean Breeze Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d3e5eb

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ocean Breeze Color. The Light Sky Bus color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Flemish Blue (#add0e0) for more energetic effect. Try Emily as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#ead9d3 is the best complementary color to Ocean Breeze. Warm red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d3e5eb complementary color is Bizarre, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Botticelli are #d3eae4 and #d3d9ea. Thus found on the left and right of #d3e5eb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Skeptic and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with Ocean Breeze.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ocean Breeze palette consists of #eae4d3 and #ead3d9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ead9d3). Try White Rock and Oyster Pink colors in combination with #d3e5eb, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #d3e5eb offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ocean Breeze. Thus Kidnapper and Prim giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ocean Breeze contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bizarre, Snuff, and Zanah split by 90° on the color wheel. #d3e5eb square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, warm red and yellow green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Ocean Breeze tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ead9d3) and two others. The Prim is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Skeptic – 120° from the complementary Bizarre. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ead3e4 and #d3ead9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d3e5eb is made of 31% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Ocean Breeze has a hue angle of 195°, a saturation of 37.5% and a lightness of 87.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d3e5eb is made of 9.41% cyan, 2.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #d3e5eb
RGB Decimal rgb(211,229,235)
RGB Percentage 31%, 34%, 35%
CMYK 9.41, 2.36, 0, 7.84
HSL hsl(195,37.5%,87.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(195,10.21%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.8062,-4.789,-4.9673)
XYZ xyz(69.8787,75.8857,89.5617)
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